Honeycomb foundation



June 5, 1928. 1,672,853

H. L. SETTLE HONEYCQMB FOUNDATION Filed March 1927 lNVENT R W\TNESSES ATTORNEY Patented June 5, 1928.

HOMER L. SETTLE, F FAYETTE, IDAHO.

HONEYGOMB FOUNDATION.

Application filed March 1, 1927.

This invention relates to the art of bee culture generally and more specifically t9 a honey comb foundation particularly adapted for use with those types of extracting frames known to the trade and bee keepers as ,broodl or extracting frames.

These articles are now made for general use by beesupply houses from bees wax, this constituting the starter? for the bees 10 to draw out full combs. However, they are open to the objections and disadvantages in that they will not withstand the hot summer weather nor the strain of the high speed used in theextraction process.-

, 5 The present invention further seeks to improve upon the prior proyisions in foundation structures by employing a tough composition sheet of hard fiber in the place of the wax and other foundation structures of other and different materials heretofore known or employed in the practice.

Reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in perspective the applica .tion of the invention,

Figure 2 shows a fragmentary perspective View of the structure, and l i Figure 3 is a sectional iew taken vertically through the foundation per se. From the drawings it will be seen that the comb foundation 1 is mounted in a frame 2 in theusual fashion, and that the same is formed as a. composite structure comprising members 4 and 5 upon a" central core 3. This core 3 is formed of tough composition sheet of hard fiber readily obtainable a tough composition sheet of hard fi er.

Serial No. 171,827.

onthe open market and to form the structure desired the sheet 3 is coated on each side with a layer of wax 4t and 5, the cell impressions of the comb foundation being 40 then milled into the coated fiber, similar to the milling operation wl'iere wax sheets are employed for this purpose.

The structure of the present application has the advantages that the bees accept it 4 quickly, there are no drone cells, it will not melt down in the hottest weather, it y will not sag or stretch, it is never gnawed by bees. It will not crack or jar loose in transportation, moths can not destroy it,

micewill not gnaw through it. It will hold up under excessively highspeeds used in the extraction, it is not aflected by soaking in disinfectant solutions or in water, and hardand glazed-over pollen may be scraped and cut away without injury to the foundatron.

r I claim:-

1. A honey comb foundation com rising 2. A honey comb foundation comprising a tough composition sheet of hard fiber coated'with wax. i

3. The process "of making honey comb foundations which comprises eoatinga tough composition sheet of hard fiber with wax, and milling the cell impressions of comb foundation depth therein.

Signed at Fayette, Idaho, this 24th day of February,1927. i y

HOMER L. SETTLE. 

